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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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MARIAN T. ZSIGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellee. _______________________________ BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH WEAVER, J.

Chief Justice:

Justices:

Clifford W. Taylor

Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman

FILED JUNE 14, 2006

No. 126984

The general rule of respondeat superior is that an employer is not liable for the torts of its employees who act outside the scope of their employment.1 This case raises the question whether this Court has adopted an exception to the respondeat superior rule of employer nonliability found in 1 Restatement Agency, 2d,

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